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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-20
How A.ieeb, the AutOmatOn, Beats
the Chess Players.

The accompanying is good likeness
of Ajeeb, the wonderful automatic
chess player, now on exhibition at the
Gilfillan block. From present indica-
lions it bids fair to outrival the famous
Glib" puzzle. as it is daily haunted by
some of st. Paul's best chess players,
who usually depart with ''baffied eX-
preston" The solid parts of the figure
are the hands and head, made of wood
and painted the dark. Swarthy color of
the festive child of the desert, and
clothed in Arabian costume. The eyes
are immOvably fixed on the chess board
and the right hand ever ready to make
a move. Yesterday afternoon GLOBE
reporter StrOlled into the place, and,
through the kindness of the gentleman
i'll charge, observed the working of the
wooden man, who could do everything
but talk. Seated before and engaged in
earnest, fierce combat with the figure
was Mr.. Brown, a well-knOwn chess
player. He made no foolish moves, but
watched the game intently.
Mr.. Brown moved figure over the
board and the Arab followed with equal
rapidity. Mr.. Brown moved another
cheSSman which the Arab promptly
picked up and deposited in the little
basket alongside. Making another move
it nodded its head, meaning 'check."
The Arab was not stiff, but moved his
body in harmony with his reach. The
. GLOBE reporter at this point thought to
fool the wonderful autOmatOn by
quickly displacing one of the cheSsmen.
The figure threw up its head and
REFUSED TO MOVE
until the cheSSman was returned TO its
proper position. All this time the man
cfnOA fully fiUn or
the place, with no connection with it
whatever, and occasionally walking TO
the door to admit some one. Mr.. Brown
grew terribly interested and had worked
himself up to fever heat. Throwing
aside his coat he buried his chin in his
hands. When he moved fast, the figure
moved fast; when he reasoned long,
the Arab seemed to do so. Mr.. Browns
legs were soon flung over the rail sur
rounding the figure and he glaTed at the
board with ferocity. He was spoken to
several temeS but either answered in
mOnOSylable or not at all. Finally,
with quick move, the Arab straight
ened up, nodded his head twice, Signi-
fying .''checkmate," and Brown re-
signed the game.
The reporter was permitted to exam
inc the wonderful man. His body in
side. shown by doors in his breast and
back. was one mass of cog wheels and
machinery. One could
LOOK THROUGH HIS BACK
and see another person standing di-
rectly in front. The box on which the
figure sits was opened and nothing seen
tsbut machinery. The whole thing was
rolled all around within a space of five
feet, TO show that it had no connection
with the floor. Some one suggested
that perhaps the weight of the chess
men on the board had something to do
with it. The board was held up and eX-
amined. dispelling this idea. All in the
room were compelled to Danish their
theories and confess themselves mys-
titled. 1t is one of the most wonderful
things Of the kind ever invented and
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-20
Aieeb, the Automatic Chess
Player, Is Doing Up About
All Corners.
Two Big Enterprises Com
pleted In One Of st. Paurs
Newest Suburbs.
Summary Of the Local News
of Saturday Gathered
From All Points.
LET US ALL GIVE THANKS.

The Week Has Come When the
Old Pilgrim Feast Day is CeIe-
DRAFTED.
Here. Angel. send Rev. DR.. Smudge
a half dozen Thanksgiving prOclama-
tlons," said Gov. McGill to his genial
clerk, Will Angel, the other day, as he
tossed ministerial looking miSSive to
him.
They must be going TO celebrate the
day i'm every church. school house and
bubble hall in the state" grumbled An
CELL. as he looked over stack of similar
documents which entirely covered his
desk.
Another Thanksgiving day Is near at
hand. Turkeys and all the good things
of life are pouring in by every train and
wagon that enters the city, ministers
are preparing their annual sermons and
bending every energy to lay over all
previous attempts they may have made,
the good housewife and the hired girl
are studying the GLOBE cook book and
planning how they can most agreeably
surprise the party that will be collected
there Thursday next, and i'll short,
everybody seems to be thinking. talk
ing and waiting for Thanksgiving day.
The day will be very generally
observed in st. Paul, and everybody
except newspaper men and policemen
will get a holiday. Most people, too,
will have a grand layout in the way ola
dinner that day. and the feast of the
ip-gathering of the Crops as the CORE
spending Hebrew festival was called,
promises TO get away with large part
of the ''in-gathered crops"
TO-day'S services in some of the
churches are to lee a kind of an advance
guard for those of next Sunday. In
Unity church the Sunday school will
unite with the congregation in Thanks
giving service at II o'clock this morn
ing. At the Church of the Ascension
the evening services will be concluded
with thanksgiving service.
THANKSGIVING DAY.
The annual Thanksgiving service for
the central part of the city will be held
i'll the Central Presbyterian church at
II o'clock Thursday. Plymouth church
and the First Methodist uniting with
the Central Presbyterian in the custom.
DIR. Dana will preach the sermon on the
subject, RED Lights, or CautiOnary
Signals" The collection will be for
the Relief society.
At 1920 Thursday the old Jackson
Thanksgiving day. This will be fare
we'll meeting for Rev. r. Ii. Craig, of
Asbury church. who has lately been as
signed as a missionary to India. A plat
form meeting will be held at 7:30 p. M,
at which Rev. J. Z. Smith, Robert
Forbes, B. F. Kephart, Mckinley, r. II.
Craig and others will take part.
The Gospel Temperance union will
give an informal reception lasting from
3 TO 9p. m. on Thanksgiving day.
A number of prominent st. Paul la
dies in behalf of the aides auxiliary to
the Y. NJ. c. A. have sent out invita-
tons to all members of the association
whose homes are out of the city, inyit-
ing them to be present at dinner to be
given by the ladies in the gymnasium
at 6 p. IN, Thursday.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-20
J. w. Fisher, August Hammer,

Strouse, J. w. Fisher, August Hammer,
and Charles &. Smith. g..
four years old and was hearty man at
the time of his death. On Monday
morning last he asphyXiated by escap-
ing gas in his bedroom, from the effects
of which he never recovered conscious
ness, dying on Thursday. He was
pioneer in st. Paul and leaves an estate
valued at $4,000. His only heirs are
his three sons, Martin and John Brug-
geman. who are married, and William
Bruggeman, a minor. Mrs. Brugge-
man. wife of the deceased, has been
dead twelve years.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-20
He Must Keep the Peace.

J. a. BaSlaugh, railway news agent,
was before Judge Cory on complaint OF
his former wife, from whom he was di-
vorced in May last, charged with disor-
derry conduct. The woman claimed
that she had been continually annoyed
by Baslaugh since theirdivorce: that he
had threatened her life if she did not
give him money. and that he came to
her house last Sunday and forced her to
go riding with him, threateniI to be-
her if she refused. The court requir d
Baslaugh to furnish two sureties OH :,
bond of 800 to keep the peace.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-20
Swamp Land Cases.

Assistant Attorney General ChildS re-
turned from Duluth yesterday, where
he has been taking testimony in some
of the famous swamp land cases. This
testimony is taken to show the govern
ment land office that the question of
what were and what were not swamp
lands was decided by an agreement
made with the state of Minnesota more
than twenty years ago. The terms of
this agreement were that the question
was to be decided by the notes of the
government surveyors.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-20

nue.. was brought before Mayor Smith
case. Ofdberg produced witnesses to
show that he did not strike Leafdahl
with club, but used his fists. Leafdahl
showed two blackened eyes and big
patch of flesh on his cheek from which
the skin was torn, and claimed that
Oldberg assaulted him without cause
and did not place him under arrest,
Mayor Smith reprimanded Oldberg and
find him 500
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-20
TO ATEACHER's MEMORY.


Teachers Of the Public Schools Do
Honor to the Late Mrs. Jen-
ness.
At a general meeting of the teachers
of the public schools at the High school
assembly hall yesterday forenoon pro-
gramme of exercises was presented and
resolutions drawn up doing honor to the
memory of Mrs. NJ. +. JenneSS, late
principal of the St.Paul training school.
The meeting was called TO order by
Supt Taylor. The order of exercises
was as follows: Hymn. Il Know that
My Redeemer Liveth." choir of teach
ers; paper, Miss Addie McCaine, class
of Sc; paper. Miss Clara BlOdgett, class
of SO; paper prepared by President
Parker, of the River Falls, Wis, normal
school. read by Principal Baker: paper,
Miss J. l.. Terny; remarks. Supt. Tay-
lOr and Principal Baker. and a hymn,
THE TOiling Hand" by the choir. The
papers were all eulogistic of the noble
character of the deceased lady and her
untiring devotion to the cause of educa-
ton, both in st. Paul and elsewhere.
Supt. Taylor paid feeling tribute TO
the memory of Mrs. JennesS. Il re-
garded her." he said. ''aS teacher in
the highest sense of the word. ever
hopeful and full of enthusiastic
courage" Prof. Gilbert, of the High
school. from the committee on resolu-
tons, presented the following, which
were adopted:
Whereas. In the providence of Almighty
God Mrs. NJ. Z. Jenness, late principal of the
ST. Paul training school, has been removed
from our midst by the hand of death;
Whereas For long period of time she
was teacher of remarkable ability, and for
the last four years was trainer Of teachers,
who have carried to thousands of the youth
of our city the benign influence and intel
lectual enthusiasm received from her;
Whereas, In our deliberative assemblies by
her invariably wise counsel and by her con-
ciliatory spirit she has rendered ineStimable
service to the teachers of st. Paul;
Whereas, By her erudition, energy and
strong common sense she has promoted the
advance of true education in the Northwest
to a degree equaled by few;
Whereas, She was sympathetic and help
full friend TO the inexperienced and timid
teacher and woman of great moral strength,
who impressed herself upon all who came i'll
contact with her and endeared herself to Il
large circle of friends: be it
Resolved, That we deeply mourn the loss
of the strong teacher, the wise counselor,
the valued friend. Mrs NJ. Z. Jenness. and
that we hereby express our appreciation OF
her rare individual powers and great moral
force. and extend to all her mourning friends
our heartfelt sympathy.
Resolved. That these resolutions be pub
lished in the daily papers of this city, and
that copies of these resolutions be forwarded
to the friends of the deceased.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-20
At the Olympic.

Each week witnesses Increasing pat
rOnage at the Olympic, owing to the
fact that the attractions are bright,
crisp and fresh. For seven nights. com
mencing Monday. s. j. Wheeler and
May Olive will appear in ''MCnte, the
Gambler" supported by the Miranda
Sisters Specially cOmpanO.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-20
Additional st. Eassi News or
the Third Page.
PERSONALS.

Mgr. Ravcrx. v no has icen i'll during The
past week. i reported as convalescing.
W T. Birmingham left for WaShin IlOn last
evening to at;e:id the funeral of his sister-in-
law.
Rev. Dr.. Greene. of Columbus, o.. called at
the capitol Yesterday. Dr Green is en- his
way to d. lulE. where be viii locate perma-
neutly. He was 81 member of the Clio legis
ldtuTe for Two terms. AMI look prominent
part in the tenn crllicc legislation Of the
last few years i'll il.A IA @.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-20
Officer OIdberS Fined,

Policeman Oldberg, who was sus-
pended by Chief Clark last week for
beating citizen named August Leaf
dahl, in Blossoms saloon on Payne ave-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-20

has beaten the best chessmen in the
world, though occasionally game is
won from it. The room is quite resort
for the chess players and great crowds
90 merely for curiosity.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-20
SSea|SacQucs!

wish suggest 10 the of Fur ccds few points which
hi worthy Of consideration:
STyey few know much aboHt fur goods particularly
there only SAFE purchase that
with reputation for and upright dealing and
that KNOWS aLout fus and hold il responsible.
SEC0NDIf net judge of Furs certainly don't gain
much sOppny urs ras to reach the conclusion
everybody selling them knows how mix the truth and the
look the YOU mixed.
TjBIn lire Of gCCds the finn that buys the largest quan
ties and cash all otter things equal certainly its goods
cheaper if finn !icd judge of the goods
than Others therefore such firm is the
buy of. and we claim to be that firm
weIlto where get at the seller
satisfaction thing Therefore, DON'T buy of
FOREIGN PARTIES who have interest further than to make
such parties will sell goods to better
their goods and ard them All YOUR
HOMES
Now then claim to luy and sell seal goods than other
ito KNOW AND UNDERSTAND THE FUR BUSINESS
better quality an Others
quality We have been here
the merits goods sold the
past.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-20
WARMING !.

Don't be foolish and
be led by smooth talking
into buying goods Of
firms who don't know
about fur, and have per-
'haps a dozen garments
for tleir whole stock,
and want to send
away and get you one
cheap You will re-
gret it. Come and see.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-07-21
The Cotton Movement.

From the New York Financial ChrOn-
icle's cotton article of July 9 tho follow
ing figures are gathered relative to the
movement Of tho staple during the past
week:
For the week ended July the total
receipts reached 1,2Gl bales, against
1886 bales last week, 2,3Gl bales the
previous week, and 1919 bales three
weeks since; making the total receipts
since the lst September, 1856, 5, I94, 2O3
bales, against 5, ,273 ,397 bales forthe same
period of 1856, showing n decrease since
September |, 1856, of -, 1914 bales.
The exports for the week reach a total
Of IS, 1872 bales of which II ,3l7 were to
Great Britain, -..-- to France, and 6,Sl5
TO tho rest Of the continent.
The total visible supply of cotton, as
made up by cable and telegraph, for the
week is as follows:
Total Of Great Britain stock sos, 600
bales, total of continental stocks $50,
l00-malIing a total Of European stocks
of |, ,1S0, 100 bales. Tho total visible
supply for the world IS 1,744, ,G5S bales
of this number 1,U7I JjS are American
and 673, 100 East Indian, otc.
The imports into continental ports
during the week were 10000 bales.
These figures indicate an increase in the
cotton in sight Of 20, $50 bales as COM
pared with the same date of 1886, and
decrease of SLIP bales as compared
with the corresponding date of 1885.
The receipts at interior towns for the
week have been l,72G bales. Old into
rior stocks decreased 2,293 bales, and
were 4l,345 bales less than at the same
period last year.
The receipts from the plantations,
being the actual movement, not includ,
ing the overland receipts nor Southern
consumption, of cotton that reached the |
market through the outports for the
week were 1861 bales. The. total re-
coipts since the 1st of September arc
5, 1896 bales. The actual movement
from the plantations was only 1,2Gl
bales, the balance being taken from the
stocks at the interior towns.
Cotton in sight July 8 was G,345, 459,
being decrease of cotton in sight as
compared with last year Of 116, 1872.
Southern spinners have consumed to
July l. BIS. 600 bales
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COnccit.

There Is nothing more amusing 10
people who know, than the pretcnsion
and conceit of those who only think
they know. A long time ago. when
there were some slaves even in New En-
gland, one of the celebrities Of East
Windsor, Conn, was "Doctor Primus. "
a large, finc-looking negro. He mad
been the slave Of q distinguished physi-
clan, Dr. WOlcott, who resided at
Windsor, on the west side of the Con-
nccticut River.
Prlmus was employed by his master
to prepare medicines and to attend him
IN his visits from house to house lie
proved himself to be so able and so
faithful that the doctor, in gratitude for
his services, gave him his freedom.
The negro's attendance on his master
and his experience in mixing drugs had
given him 4 little medical knowledge,
which he determined to turn to his own
account AS soon as he became Il free
man, he moved over to the other side of
the river, and, announcing himself ts
"Doctor Prmus." laid in small S, *
OF drugs, and waited for patients.
They came, for Primus was respected.
and there was no other physician in
the village. AS business grew, Primus's
self-Cstccm increased
One day, he was sent for to visit
sick child in Poquonnocli, on the west
side OF tho river and beyond where his
old master lived. He went, and on his
return called upon DR.. Wolcott, who
gave him hearty reception, and asked
what business had brought him across
the river.
"Oh," answered Primus, little in
Hated, Il was sent for to see the child of
our ola ncig hbor at PoqUonnock; but [
told the mother that there was nothing
very serious the matter. and that she
need not have sent SO far for physi-
clan; mat yOn Would haze QnSlUCrcd just
as tOeH Youth'S COmpunion.
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Musings.

How IS it that the people who are 50
persistent in giving advice are general
~ the ones who need it most? Every
street corner has n crowd of ablc-bodjed
loafers who never could make n IiyjnU
but every leafor in the crowd is q repog-
ltory OF advice and information as TO tho
pest way for you 10 make 4 living.
There ls the fcnd who tells yoU that IL
you would Gnit smoking cigars YOU
would save $500 in year. lie has tho
figures and statistics to prove it. and
points with pride to the fact that ho
does not chew or smoke. when Won
ask him if he saves $500 a year bv his
ab"tlnoncc no will be obliged to admit
biushingly That he never saw $500 in
his iifo and would feel rich if YOU would
lend him quarter.
The man who has failed at everything
from pounding sand to saving wood is
always the one who can tell how a poy-
ernment should be operated. He can
snow conciusivcly that if he were prcsi-
dent everybody would be rich and hap
py in three months, but he cannot show
concIuSivcy y that h9 is of any use in the
world further than to consume prOvis-
ions and keep beer from growing stale.
a man of brains and business never
needs the advice of these moral wrecks
and when it is forced upon him unin-
yited it can scarcely be wondered at
that he sighs for the absence of the fool
Louis Whip.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-07-21
4 NAIiEAESS CASE.

My case has been very curious one
for about thirteen years. At intcrals of
about one week | would be attacked with
spells OF severe and most cNcruciating
pain, always commencing in the region
oi my kidneys. The pain would til N so
upwards and affect my body and head,
and seemed to penetrate my very eye
balls, creating thomost intense suflering,
lasting about eight hours each spell.
L rcsortcd to all kinds Of medicine
without benefit, Several doctors treated
my case, but none gave relief. ! finally
used B. B. j. rs an experiment, and to
my utter astonishmcnt all pain and sui
fering vanished after using three doses.
70 the present time have used three
bottles, and not pain has ever return
ed. ] 10 not kuow what was the matter,
neither could my physician namc the
complaint. The Is. 3. b. acted finely
and powerfully upon my kidneys; my
appetite has been splendid aud my con-
atitUtiun tilt up rapidly.
Il. TuoMAH
Constitution, Ga., May 6, l%S6.
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4 RoaTANoE IN REAL L1rE.
The End OF - IlisnLed Career--D cath oi
Col. w. j. Reynolds, of Sumter.

The End OF u BlisnLed Career--D cath o
Col. w. j. Reynolds, of Sumter.
CoAUMBIA, July IA special to the
Daily Register from Sumter reports the
death in that county, last Saturday, of
Col. w. j. Reynolds, in the 10Th year
of his age. Reynolds, ffty-tive years
ago, was one of the most promising
young men in the State and was no
for his industry, integrity and active III
terest in military affairs. He fell deeply
in love with beautiful young girl be-
longing to one of the first families of
Clermont District and made suit for her
hand. He seemed to be favorably re-
garded by the girl herself, but her
parents had moro ambitious views for
her and would not allow her to marry
him. Nothing daunted the young man
went to work to win a name and posi-
ton which would render him moro &C.
ceptable to the parents. He was elected
to represent his county in tho State
Legislature, served one term with credit
and distinction, and returning to his
homo made another effort to secure the
hand of the girl to whom he was attach
ed. He was again refused, but after he
had been elected a third time Rrpre-
sentative over prominent and wealthy
competitors the opposition to him was
apparently silcnced, the young woman
promised to be his wife, and all the
preparations were made for, the wedding.
At the last moment, however, she wrote
him note saying she had yielded to the
wishes of her mother and must decline
to fulfil her engagement. This broke up
Colonel RCynOlds'S life and career.
After brooding long time over his dis
appointment he took for wife negro
girl who had been his slave and lived
with her to the last, regardless of public
opinion and the entrcatics of his rela
tiora. lie reared a large family OF
childl2 IN and drew up himself will pro
viding tor them all and putting them Oh
an equality With his own nearest rcla
tives. He left an estate consisting OF
some thousand dollars in money anC
1000 acres of land, and it is thought
that the validity Of the will will be sus
tanned.
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STEPIIEES'S AMBITION.
The Georgia Statesman Thought lie Would
Have Been II Great General.

The Georgia Statesman Thought lie would
Have Been Great General.
(From the Atlanta Constitution)
'lt seems strange that men who
achieved great success i'll q particular
sphere should believe that their forte lay
in another direction, and yet they frc-
Quently do, was the remark Of we'll
known gentleman yesterday. 'IhCrc
was the late Governor Stephens, who
reached n high plane as statesman and
author, and who, certainly, was cOnsid-
cred successful man with successful
career; yet Mr.. Stephens always thought
that he had missed his calling. lie fire.
quently spoke about his mistake, as he
was pleased to call it, and while there
were few in his lifetime who would have
agreed with him, he nevertheless was
honest and sincere about the matter"
"What did no think he should have
tried?" asked one of the party. "Why,
nothing less than TIM science of war.
MIR. Stephens thought he was admirably
fitted to command II large army, that his
talents lay in tho way of strategy
mannuvring and military nncssc. IL,
often limited that Confederate campaign
might have resulted differently had b,
engineered them. OF course, ho WI
aware that he lacked the physical capaci
ty to put in execution his idcuS. Iii
intention was that with somo ono 10 oS
ccute the plans he developed and shape
great success would follow. | do nc
know that this popularity was gonGrall
known, but it was true of tho old COZ.
mOncr, us he liked to be called"